Construction Safety Manager

The role

The Construction Safety Manager oversees site safety during data center construction, commissioning, and transition to operations. The role includes inspections, reviewing contractor safety plans, electrical safety oversight, and leading incident investigations.

What you will do

• Monitor and manage site safety through construction, commissioning, and turnover to operations.
• Monitor compliance with OSHA 29 CFR 1926, applicable OSHA 29 CFR 1910 requirements, and site-specific safety standards.
• Conduct regular site inspections and safety observations to identify hazards and verify mitigation.
• Evaluate contractor safety plans, JHAs, AHAs, and work permits.
• Verify field implementation of approved safety procedures.
• Monitor electrical safety, including shock and arc-flash controls, electrically safe work conditions, and LOTO.
• Coordinate hazard management for L3–L5 commissioning, live-system testing, and operational transitions.
• Work with contractors to resolve unsafe conditions and escalate significant concerns.
• Lead incident and near-miss investigations and verify corrective actions.
• Maintain records of inspections, incidents, corrective actions, and safety performance.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of construction safety experience, including 3+ years on data center projects.
• Strong working knowledge of OSHA 29 CFR 1926, applicable OSHA 29 CFR 1910 requirements, and site-specific safety standards.
• Knowledge of electrical shock and arc-flash hazards, electrically safe work conditions, and LOTO procedures.
• Understanding of hazards in L3–L5 commissioning, live-system testing, and transitions to operations.
• Experience evaluating contractor safety plans, JHAs/AHAs, work permits, and field compliance.
• Experience conducting incident investigations, identifying root causes, and verifying corrective actions.
• Ability to proactively identify hazards and set practical mitigation measures.
• Ability to communicate clear safety expectations to contractors, field personnel, and stakeholders.
• Strong communication, organization, and documentation skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Nice to have

• Experience coordinating safety across multiple contractors and simultaneous construction and commissioning activities.
• Experience working in or adjacent to energized, operational, or partially occupied data center environments.

Before you apply

• Equal opportunity employer; applicants are considered without regard to protected characteristics listed in the posting.

About the company

Decima International is a professional services company providing project management and controls services to clients in the United States and the Middle East. It works on client engagements as partnerships.